The Collaborative International Dictionary

Hake \Hake\, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake
is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting
is Merlucius bilinearis. Two American species ( Phycis
chuss and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and
are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also
squirrel hake, and codling.

Hake

Hake \Hake\ (h[=a]k), v. i.
To loiter; to sneak. [Prov. Eng.]

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary

hake

type of sea fish, c.1300, probably from Old English haca "a hook, door-fastening" (related to hacod "pike" the fish), or from cognate Old Norse haki "hook;" in either case the fish so called from the shape of its jaw; both from Proto-Germanic *hakan- (cognate with Dutch hake "hook"), from PIE root *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook (n.)).

Wiktionary

hake

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context Now chiefly dialectal English) A hook; a pot-hook. 2 (context Now chiefly dialectal English) A kind of weapon; a pike. 3 (context Now chiefly dialectal English) (context in the plural English) The draught-irons of a plough. Etymology 2

alt. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera (taxlink Phycis genus noshow=1), ''Merluccius'', and allies. n. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera (taxlink Phycis genus noshow=1), ''Merluccius'', and allies. Etymology 3

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Wikipedia

Hake

The term hake refers to fish in either of:

Family Merlucciidae of northern and southern oceans

Family Phycidae (sometimes subfamily Phycinae in family Gadidae) of the northern oceans

Hake (surname)

Hake, or Hakes, is a surname of English and Nordic origin, with Hakes being patronymic from Hake (Hakeson/Hakesonn). The origins of Hake(s) are said to derive from the Old Norse word haki, which is cognate with the word 'hook' and given originally to someone in the fishing trade.

The surname also derives from the Northern Germanic surname Haack, which is a name from Middle Low Germanhake . The surname was first recorded in the eastern counties of England and originated under the pre-9th century Danish-Norwegian Viking influence.